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Santiago vs. de los Santos, et al.

IN THE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ONE PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED AT PANAKAGAN, PATIIS, SAN MATEO, RIZAL, LUIS R. SANTIAGO, applicant-appellant, vs. PACITA V. DE LOS SANTOS and BUREAU OF FORESTRY, oppositors-appellees.

G.R. No. L-20241 | 1974-11-22

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

It is an occurrence, not too often repeated, that counsel, either through a display of candor, which is commendable, or a failure to appreciate the untoward consequences, which is something else again, submits a pleading, which on its face demonstrates the lack of merit of the action he has filed. It did happen here. Plaintiff, now appellant, applied for registration of a parcel of land. In a motion to set the case for hearing, he attached documents indicative of the land being public in character, thus lending support to the opposition of the Director of Forestry, the Director of Lands, and a certain Pacita...